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Zeon Achieved Mass Production Ahead of Schedule

by Tom Allen

Zeon Corporation has announced that it began mass-production of retardation films for LCD TVs, at its plant in Himi City, Japan, in February. Production was scheduled for April, but high demand prompted the company …

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Aaxa Leads April Pico Projectors in USA

by Tom Allen

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in April. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘4,000+ lumen’. Asus’ S1 topped the pico and personal …

Q1 is “Very Encouraging” for US LFDs

by Tom Allen

US sales of commercial-grade large-format (32″+) displays rose 14% YoY in Q1’15, according to new data from PMA Research. The results could have been even higher without the harsh weather conditions and labour disputes …

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Apple Wants to Own TV, Says Stephens

by Tom Allen

Technology journalist Mark Stephens (who writes under the pen name of Robert X Cringely) has written an interesting article about the Apple TV box, expected to be refreshed at Apple’s WWDC this month. Stephens …

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Dell Reflects on First Year as Private Firm

by Helen Vince

Dell has published an “Annual Report to Customers”, a progress report on its first year since its return to being a private firm. CFO Tom Sweet said that Dell has made solid progress over …

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Big Plans for Nvidia’s G-Sync This Year

by Tom Allen

Nvidia has shared a whole host of new products that will support its G-Sync technology at Computex 2015, in Taiwan. There are no fewer than six laptops and seven monitors with G-Sync built in …

Asus Focuses on Colour at Computex

by Tom Allen

Asus has taken the stage at Computex 2015 to reveal several upcoming products, including a monitor with a great emphasis on colour. The Zen AiO Series is a range of new AIO PCs, made …

Broadsign Supports Latin American Signage Expansion

by Tom Allen

Broadsign is powering the expansion of a DOOH network in Latin America, owned by Cinemark Holdings. An additional 800 screens, using Broadsign’s platform, are to be added to the existing 542 displays this year. …

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AVM Adds Large Toshiba Displays

by Helen Vince

Audio Visual Material (AVM) in the UK has expanded its range of Toshiba large displays with the addition of the TD-E, TD-Z and TD-X systems.

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European DOOH Sentiment Begins to Reverse

by Tom Allen

OVAB Europe’s latest Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) results, for the France and Benelux regions, show mixed results in the May/June period, since the last survey in January. Benelux’s DBCI, which tracks sentiment …

Hisense Enters F1

by Tom Allen

Hisense has entered into a sponsorship deal with the F1 Infiniti Red Bull Racing team. The company hopes that awareness of its product launches and UK presence will be increased with the move.

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Google Looks to Radars as Camera Replacement

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeA new sensor, called Project Soli, which can be used to accurately track tiny hand movements has been shown off at Google I/O. The chip, for wearables, differs from other motion trackers …